AVALIAÇÃO DA SUSTENTABILIDADE NO ENSINO SUPERIOR: ANÁLISE DO POTENCIAL DE ADOÇÃO DO RANKING UI GREENMETRIC EM UMA UNIVERSIDADE PÚBLICA BRASILEIRA
Resumo
Nas últimas décadas, a sustentabilidade consolidou-se como uma temática central para as Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), as quais vêm sendo crescentemente demandadas a contribuir para o desenvolvimento sustentável por meio do ensino, da pesquisa e da gestão institucional. Nesse contexto, rankings internacionais de sustentabilidade emergem como instrumentos relevantes para a avaliação e promoção de práticas ambientalmente responsáveis no ambiente universitário. O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar os principais desafios apontados na literatura quanto à implementação do UI GreenMetric World University Ranking (IU-GMWU), bem como investigar as condições institucionais que podem influenciar sua potencial adoção em uma instituição pública brasileira de ensino superior — o Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP). Adicionalmente, busca-se comparar o desempenho em sustentabilidade da instituição analisada com o de universidades brasileiras já participantes do referido ranking.A pesquisa adota uma abordagem exploratória e descritiva, combinando revisão bibliográfica com avaliação quantitativa fundamentada nos indicadores de sustentabilidade estabelecidos pela metodologia do UI-GMWU. A análise empírica concentra-se em um campus do Instituto Federal localizado no interior do estado de São Paulo. Os resultados indicam que, embora a instituição ainda não tenha sido formalmente avaliada pelo UI-GMWU e apresente, em um primeiro momento, expectativa de pontuações relativamente modestas, a aplicação dos indicadores do ranking constitui um importante instrumento diagnóstico. Tal abordagem possibilita identificar iniciativas existentes e lacunas institucionais, oferecendo subsídios estratégicos para o aprimoramento de políticas de sustentabilidade e para uma eventual inserção futura em rankings universitários internacionais.
Biografia do Autor
Engenheiro Mecânico (UNESP), Mestrado e Doutorado em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba - UNIMEP, Pós Doc FCA UNICAMP.
Pós-doutorado em digital Twin em Cidades Inteligentes pelo Life Cycle Assessment Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Colombia, Canada. Docente da Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas da Universidade de Campinas – FCA UNICAMP, Limeira, Brasil.
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